"Lord, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise.

And behold, I will send the promise of my father upon you. But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."

and gathered them together, and commanded them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but to "Wait for the promise of the father, whereof ye have heard of me.

Since now that he by the righthand of God exalted is, and hath received of the father the promise of the holy ghost, he hath shed forth that which ye now see and hear.

"For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."

"When the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise, brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour, one Jesus,

And we declare unto you, how that the promise made unto the fathers;

But follow not their minds: for there lie in wait for him of them, more than forty men, which have bound themselves with a vow, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now are they ready, and look for thy promise."

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa am I accused of the Jews.

What, then, though some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the promise of God without effect?

For the promise that he should be heir of the world was not given to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law: but through the righteousness which cometh of faith.

For if they which are of the law be heirs, then is faith but vain, and the promise of none effect.

Therefore by faith is the inheritance given, that it might come of favour: and that the promise might be sure to all the seed. Not to them only which are of the law: but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham, which is the father of us all.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief: But was made strong in the faith, and gave honour to God,

that is to say; They which are the children of the flesh, are not the children of God. But the children of promise are counted the seed.

For this is a word of promise, "About this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son."

I promise you like reward with me, as to my children.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Jesus Christ, and that we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith.

This I say, that the law which began afterward, beyond four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul the testament, that was confirmed afore of God unto Christ ward, to make the promise of none effect.

For if the inheritance come of the law, it cometh not of promise: but God gave it unto Abraham by promise.

Wherefore then serveth the law? The law was added because of transgression - till the seed came, to which the promise was made - and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

Is the law, then, against the promise of God? God forbid. Howbeit, if there had been a law given which could have given life: then no doubt righteousness should have come by the law.

But the scripture concluded all things under sin, that the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ should be given unto them that believe.

If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs by promise.

Yea, and he which was of the bondwoman, was born after the flesh: but he which was of the freewoman, was born by promise.

Brethren, we are, after the manner of Isaac, children of promise:

In whom also ye - after that ye heard the word of truth, I mean the gospel of your salvation wherein ye believed - were sealed with the holy spirit of promise,

remember, I say, that ye were at that time without Christ, and were reputed aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the testaments of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in this world.

That the gentiles should be inheritors also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise that is in Christ, by the means of the gospel,

"Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to preach the promise of life, which life is in Christ Jesus.

Let us fear, therefore, lest any of us forsaking the promise of entering into his rest, should seem to come behind.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,

So God, willing very abundantly to show, unto the heirs of promise, the stableness of his counsel; he added an oath,

And for this cause is he the mediator of the new testament, that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were in the first testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

And these all, through faith, obtained good report, and received not the promise;

They promise them liberty, and are themselves the bondservants of corruption. For of whomsoever a man is overcome, unto the same is he in bondage.

and say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers died all things continue in the same estate wherein they were at the beginning."

The Lord is not slack to fulfill his promise as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.

Nevertheless, we look for a new heaven, and a new earth, according to his promise, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.